Friday, January 03, 2014

Maupin among last minute applicants for FAMU presidency

On Monday, Rattler Nation reported about the effort to urge some
FAMU trustees to back an unofficial short list of potential FAMU presidential candidates.
Morehouse School of Medicine President John E. Maupin, Jr., whose name was
pushed as part of that behind-the-scenes process, has now officially applied
for the FAMU presidency.

The FAMU presidential search committee is currently on
recess until 1:00 p.m. When it reconvenes, it will discuss Maupin and four
other last minute applicants, who are:

Elmira Mangum, vice president for budget and planning, Cornell
University

John Price, former founding president of the University of
North Texas at Dallas

For the first 1 hour and 50 minutes of today’s conference
call, the committee went through the list of applicants, name-by-name. At least
one committee member expressed interest in each of the following applicants. These brief bios come from of the Tampa Bay
Times Gradebook blog:

Tony Atwater: Former president at Norfolk State University.
He was fired abruptly by the school's board in August following news of delayed
financial audits and academic issues at the nursing school.

Desa Allen Ballard: Attorney and an adjunct professor at
University of South Carolina School of Law.

Eric Bost: Assistant director of an agriculture and food
policy institute at Texas A&M University. Former ambassador to South
African under President George W. Bush.

Cristopher Brown II: Recently resigned as president of
Alcorn State University, the nation’s oldest public HBCU. The governing body
cleaned house at the university after an audit found irregularities in its
purchasing practices.

Chukuka Enwemeka: Dean and distinguished professor at
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Donovan Essen: Stuart-based dentist.

Bernard Franklin: Executive vice president for membership
and student-athlete affairs at the NCAA; former president at Virginia Union
University.

Yash Gupta: President and CEO of a Canada-based
telecommunications company; former business school dean at Johns Hopkins
University. During his short tenure, he was criticized for applying for several
different jobs.

Andrew Honeycutt: President of Anaheim University, a private
for-profit university that focuses on online degrees.

Edward Jackson: Former chancellor and interim president at
Southern University. He is credited with helping clean up a widespread grading
and bribery scandal there.

Al Lawson Jr.: Lobbyist; spent 28 years in the Florida
Legislature and was one of FAMU's most vocal advocates.

Amir Mohammadi: Executive vice president and treasurer at
Delaware State University.

Peter Nwangwu: President and board chairman of a medical
device sales company; former president and CEO of a research foundation at the
University of Nigeria.

Ronald Nykiel: Provost and vice president of academic
affairs at University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Donnovon Outten: Dean of the University College at Hampton
University catering to non-traditional students. Previously applied for
presidency at South Florida State College.

T. Joan Robinson: Vice president for international affairs
and former provost at Morgan State University.

Ray Schackelford: Former vice president for institutional
effectiveness and professor at Bethune-Cookman University.

Maurice Taylor: Vice president for academic outreach and
engagement at Morgan State University. Was named a finalist for the president’s
post at Central State University in 2012.

Cornelius Wooten: Vice president for administration and
finance at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He previously applied for
president positions at Henderson State University and Gadsden State Community
College.

Let Them Know How We Get Down: Anytime. Anyplace.

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